Friday Morning and Family

 Happy sunny Friday. The weather is still cold but the heavy gale winds we have had days are finally subsiding. It’s wonderful to have the sunshine blasting back through the windows, it was so windy and cold I had to keep the thermal curtains closed prior.  I don’t return to work until Monday. This morning I managed to do some catching up around the house, but still have the task of putting our holiday decorations away until next year. 

Normally I would pack it up and it would go into our spare room, but that room is currently in use by one of my adult sons who has moved in temporarily last fall. We don't have a large living space but it will do for now. With rental prices rocketing up over the last two years he like many suddenly found themselves in dire straights trying to find something affordable one working income. Many individuals at work and elsewhere are living in vehicles and RV's. It’s a new reality everywhere with other families we know opting to share living accommodations. Everyone needs a home.

Is it easy having another adult moving in with you?, of course not! You have to have the mindset that you all are working together to help each other. I’m of the culture this is what family does and I don’t find it odd. It’s certainly made my life busier. We all work and I’m doing the cooking, cleaning, and laundry for three people, but I have no complaints. I want everyone safe and happy. The rent price crisis isn't isolated to just the USA. Its happening north in Canada and in my husbands family country, the UK.

At some point in the near future we will also have to relocate. Recently our elderly landlord suddenly passed away, together with his wife they too lived in our building. Now there is just her left trying to tackle a love lost, learning how to cope financially, along with other responsibilities of running a building with tenants. I don’t see it lasting long before she opts to move in with her own extended family. My grandmother used to jokingly say, "Home is where you take your teeth out." My husband is adding his own thoughts below in the photo.